Latest Google Book Search Settlement Agreement Stories

Google has settled several copyright suits with the publishing consortium Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild, clearing the way for the company to provide online access to copyrighted books.

Web search leader Google Inc. has approached a book publisher to gauge interest in a program to allow consumers to rent online copies of new books for a week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Five major publishers filed suit
against Google Inc. in Manhattan's federal court on Wednesday
seeking to block plans to scan copyrighted works without
permission. The complaint lodged in the U.S.

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